Separator.



APPLICATION FILED MAY 29. 1906.

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APPLICATION FILED MAY 29, 1906.

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INVENTOR folerifdz' e WITNESSES:

ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT SCHEIBE, OF LEIPZIG, GERMANY.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT SoHEIBE,, a subject of the Emperor ofGermany, residing at Leipzig, in the Kingdom of Saxony and GermanEmpire, have invented new and use ful Improvements in Separators, ofwhich the followmg is a specification.

According to this invention foreign matters such for example as dust,water, oil, heavy hydrocarbons, smoke, heavy gases and the like are tobe removed or separated from gaseous bodies or vapors by means of a lastbetween the point of origin and the delivery or point of consumption.

The invention is specially ada ted to removing foreign or heavy matterom steam 1n steam engines.

This invention is set forth in the followi specification and claimillustrated in the annexed drawinggin which:

Figure 1 shows a vertical section of a separating device embodying thisinvention. Fig. 2 is a section along a: 00 Fig. 1. Figs. 3 and 4 showmodifications. v

Heavy mixtures of fluids are separated by centrifugal action. Thisresult according to this invention, is to be efiected in like man'- nerby a blast applied to gaseous bodies.

The se aration of fluid, solid or gaseous 80 particles om gaseous bodiesby assing the same through a blade separator w ose rotary blades throwthe mixture against a stationary housing is well known. This arrange--ment however has a disadvantage since the 85 separated heavier particlesarev easily carried forward again by the current of gas.

By allowing the housing to likewise rotate it is true that the velocityin the direction of the gas current of the separated articles .0adhering to and rubbing against t e inner housing surface can be more orless diminished. But to separate these particles from the gas current asrapidly and simply as possible, the rotary housing at its circumferenceor edge is more or less perforated and these 0 enings are to lead to aclosed space outside t e gas current. This space is closedtoward theoutside so that no gas can escape nor air enter into the conduit. Y Toprevent the purified gas as it leaves the drum from carrying with it theseparated particles, the exit side of the drum at its circumference hasa ring shaped cover F. "Hence the gas before it leaves the housing or 5drum is made to approach the axis of rota- Specification of LettersPatent. Application filed May 29, 1906. Serial No. 319,365.

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' is unsatisfactory. tuses it is hardly particles the inner face of thedPatented March 10, 1908.

Furthermore if a layer of separated particles accumulates in the drumsuch layer will add to the contrifugal pressure of the separatedparticles nearest to the outlet opening in the drum and hasten theoutflow.

In the apparatuses hitherto known for this purpose and having a rotatingdrum the manner of leading off the separated particles In these priorapparapossible to remove the glairy substances wlthout aid of a rinsingfluid and dry dusty components cannot be removed by dry rocess in theseapparatuses. To avoid this objection the present invention has the drumformed conically and the openings in'the same at the points of greatestdlstance from the axis of rotation. In this manner the separated foreignmatter as thrown to the drum wall, are caused to slide by centrifugalforce along the wall of the drum to the outlet openings.

According to the nature of the separated wall face of the drum is moreor less tapered and according to the velocity of the passing vapor thedrum is of more or less length. Thus according to circumstances the rumis given varying forms, eitherstraight lined, broken or zig zag or adesired curve or other forms.

According to the construction Figs. 1 and 2 a blade or paddle wheel B isconnected to a surrounding mantle C. This mantle or ring C flares towardits lower part or toward the bottom D. Between the bottom and the mantleO are openings E. At its upper part the blades B are partly covered by aring F. The. collecting reservoir A forms art of the conducting tubes orrests. The b ades have shaft W rotated by pulley S. The entry for thegas is at G and such gas or vapor with foreign matter moves in thedirection of the arrows throu h between the rapidly rotating blades.eing thus hurled by centrifugal force against the inner face of mantle.C. the foreign matter or heavier particles cling to the inner face ofthe-mantle and the accumulation flowin down escapes through 0 enings Eto theIaottom of reservoir A. The flaring mantle C facilitatestheseparation. The annular cover F deflects the flow and under. suchcover can rest a layer of gas or vapor. 1

In the modification Fig. 3 the gas enters and leaves laterally insteadof vert1cally.

generating line of the inner In Fig. 4 the wall C instead of being,straight is broken or zig zag to give the re-' quired flares.

In Figs. 3 and 4 the entrance and eXit of the vapor take place on thesame or upper side of the mantle C. Rotation can be given by a pulley orby a motor H or by other means.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A separator for removing foreign elements from gaseous bodies,comprising a blade ventilator and amantle having a common .axis ofrotation said mantle being centrally open at its top and bottom andsuitably open or perforated at its circumference or front, and anexteriorly closed chamber with conduit into which said circumferentialperforations are made to lead.

2. A separator for removing foreign elements from a current of gaseousbodies,

comprising a blade ventilator and a flaring mantle rotated about acommon axis by said current, said mantle being centrally open at its topand bottom and open at its circumference and an exteriorly closedchamber communicating with said circumferential mantle opening.

3. A separator for removing foreign elements from a current of gaseousbodies, comprising a blade ventilator and a flaring mantle rotated abouta common axis by said current, said mantle being centrally open at itstop and bottom and open at its circumference at the pointsfurthest fromthe axis of rotation and an exteriorly closed chamber communicating withsaid circumferential mantle opening.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

ROBERT SCHEIBE.

Witnesses RUDOLPH FnrcKE, ARTHUR DORNAI'J.

